From bluestblues2002@yahoo.com Tue Feb 04 14:42:09 2003
Subject:Re: top 10 albums


>
> I hate you! :^)
>
> Have to ask you a question, you may not even remember...I heard an
interview
> with Duane, done sometime after the Fillmore shows. Said that
people were
> so dumbfounded with the show (I assume the first one, but maybe all
three)
> that no one applauded for a minute or two after the music ended.
He said (I
> agree) that that was what performing is all about. You remember
anything
> like that? I know that if the hall sounded much like the album, my
butt
> sure would have been kicked.

I was at the first and third shows, and as best as these brain cells
can recall, at the first show, it seems that most of the people were
very stunned (and/or stoned) because there were 2 drummers playing
together so well, and and 2 guitars in harmony with each other and
with an organ. I took some friends to the third show because they
didn't believe me about the band.
After the first 3 or 4 songs ended, I recall that some folks weren't
sure if the song was really over, or if it was just a quiet lull in
the jam. Once the acid and 'ludes, etc., kicked in tho, paint started
chipping off the walls. And, by the way, the live mix in the Filmore
sounded EXACTLY as it does on the record! That sound still rings in
my ears today.

As for 4 Way Street, this was the weekend of my high school prom. The
tradition back then was to attend the prom on Friday night, go to a
formal thingee on Saturday, and the beach on Sunday. CSN&Y was one of
the most moving performances I've ever seen. I recall people quietly
singing the words to tunes that they had just heard maybe once or
twice. It was a magical experience, only matched by Bob Marley live.
Oh and by the way, after the show, we went to see Doc Severnson's
band play in the basement of the Empire State Building, but I can't
remember the name of the famous club there. (Riverboat??)

Bill
>
> Every new list I read makes me think of another album that I need
to hear
> again.
>
> Frank